Thrasymachus comments on Reply to Holden on The Singularity Institute - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Thrasymachus 13 July 2012 02:45:48PM 6 points [-]

When making the case for SI's comparative advantage, you point to these things:

... [A]nd the ability to do unusual things that are nevertheless quite effective at finding/creating lots of new people interested in rationality and existential risk reduction: (1) The Sequences, the best tool I know for creating aspiring rationalists, (2) Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, a surprisingly successful tool for grabbing the attention of mathematicians and computer scientists around the world...

What evidence supports these claims?

Comment author: Thrasymachus 22 July 2012 09:43:36PM 1 point [-]

each question (posted as a comment on this page) that follows the template described below will receive a reply from myself or another SI representative.

I appreciate you folks are busy, but I'm going to bump as it has been more than a week. Besides, it strikes me as an important question given the prominence of these things to the claim that SI can buy x-risk reduction more effectively than other orgs.

Comment author: endoself 24 July 2012 05:16:13AM 1 point [-]

You can PM Luke if you want. It's the "Send message" button next to the username on the user page.

Comment author: Thrasymachus 02 August 2012 04:38:25PM 0 points [-]

I'm bumping this again because there's been no response to this question (three weeks since asking), and I poked Luke via PM a week ago. Given this is the main plank supporting SI's claim that it is a good way of spending money, I think this question should be answered.

(especially compare to Holden's post)

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